17 feet in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 feet to meters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{ft}=0.3048\mathrm{m}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of meters.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 17 ⁢ ft = 5.1816 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.192990582059596 times 17 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 17 feet is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.192990582059596}}$ meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen feet is about five point one seven meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero point one nine times seventeen feet.